Town Meeting Articles The following article summaries are provided as a convenience for Town Meeting members. Included are the excerpts of specific requests from municipal and the school departments that benefit the Lexington Public Schools or our students. Questions should be directed to the originator of the article. SPECIAL TOWN MEETING ARTICLES BENEFITTING THE LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS... 2 ARTICLE 2 APPROPRIATE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ADDITIONS AND REMODELING... 2 TOWN MEETING ARTICLES BENEFITTING THE LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS... 3 ARTICLE 4 APPROPRIATE FY2017 OPERATING BUDGET... 3 ARTICLE 7 ESTABLISH AND CONTINUE DEPARTMENTAL RESOLVING FUNDS AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUND... 3 ARTICLE 13 APPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT... 4 ARTICLE 14 APPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOL ZONE TRAFFIC CALMING (CITIZEN ARTICLE)... 5 ARTICLE 15 APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES CAPITAL PROJECTS... 5 ARTICLE 21 ESTABLISH AND APPROPRIATE TO AND FROM SPECIFIED STABILIZATION FUNDS... 6 ARTICLE 23 APPROPRIATE FROM DEBT SERVICE STABILIZATION FUND... 6 1100 Town Meeting Articles 1
Special Town Meeting Articles benefitting the Lexington Public Schools Article 2 APPROPRIATE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ADDITIONS AND REMODELING To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for constructing, originally equipping and furnishing additions to the Clarke and Diamond Middle Schools and for remodeling, reconstructing and making extraordinary repairs to the existing Middle Schools, including original equipment and furnishings, and for the payment of all other costs incidental and related thereto; determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, possibly contingent on a referendum pursuant to MGL c.59, 21C, or by any combination of these methods; determine if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to apply for, accept, expend and borrow in anticipation of state aid; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Board of Selectmen at the request of the School Committee) FUNDS REQUESTED: $65,826,000 DESCRIPTION: It is anticipated that there will be two parts to the motion for this article. The first part will seek an appropriation for renovation work at Clarke and Diamond Middle Schools (Phase 1) that, due to existing enrollment, it is imperative that the work be completed this summer, before the beginning of the 2016/2017 school year. The second part will be for the design and construction of renovations and additions to Clarke and Diamond Middle Schools (Phase 2) to address anticipated school enrollments. Phase 2 work will be completed over the next 18 months for the Clarke School and 30 months for the Diamond School. While it is anticipated that both Phase 1 and 2 of this project will be included as part of a Debt Exclusion question submitted to the voters later this spring, the Phase 1 work needs to be completed in time for the 2016/2017 school year. The contract for this work, therefore, will need to be signed the first week of April, before the likely debt exclusion vote. The contract for the Phase 2 work will go forward only if the debt exclusion vote is approved. 1100 Town Meeting Articles 2
Town Meeting Articles benefitting the Article 4 APPROPRIATE FY2017 OPERATING BUDGET To see if the Town will vote to make appropriations for expenditures by departments, officers, boards and committees of the Town for the ensuing fiscal year and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds, by transfer from enterprise funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. FUNDS REQUESTED: See Appendix A DESCRIPTION: This article requests funds for the FY2017 (July 1, 2016 June 30, 2017) operating budget. The operating budget includes the school and municipal budgets. The operating budget includes requests for funds to provide prospective salary increases for employees, including salaries to be negotiated through collective bargaining negotiations. The budget also includes certain shared expenses. Appendix A lists, by account, FY2014 and FY2015 actual expenditures, FY2016 current appropriations and the preliminary FY2017 appropriations recommended by the Town Manager. Please note that figures for FY2016 have been restated to reflect the funding of negotiated salary agreements. Article 7 ESTABLISH AND CONTINUE DEPARTMENTAL RESOLVING FUNDS AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUND To see if the Town will vote, pursuant to Chapter 44, Sections 53E½ and 53F¾ of the Massachusetts General Laws, to re authorize the use of existing revolving fund accounts in FY2017; to establish new revolving fund accounts, and to appropriate funds for the PEG Access special revenue account; to determine whether such revolving fund accounts shall be credited with the following departmental receipts; to determine which boards, departments or officers shall be authorized to expend amounts from such revolving fund accounts; and to determine whether the maximum amounts that may be expended from such revolving fund accounts in FY2017 shall be the following amounts or any other amounts; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. FUNDS REQUESTED: Program or Purpose for Revolving Funds Building Rental Revolving Fund Authorized Representative or Board to Spend Public Facilities Departmental Receipts FY2017 Authorization Building Rental Fees $460,000 1100 Town Meeting Articles 3
DPW Burial Containers Public Works Sale of Grave Boxes and $40,000 Burial Vaults DPW Compost Public Works Sale of Compost and $615,000 Operations Loam, Yard Waste Permits Trees Board of Selectmen Gifts and Fees $45,000 Minuteman Household Public Works Fees Paid by $180,000 Hazardous Waste Program Consortium Towns Health Programs Health Medicare $14,000 Reimbursements Council on Aging Human Services Program Fees and Gifts $75,000 Programs Tourism/Liberty Ride School Bus Transportation Regional Cache Hartwell Avenue Visitors Center Economic Development Liberty Ride Receipts, including ticket sales, advertising revenue and charter sales $285,000 School Committee School Bus Fees $1,050,000 Public Works Economic Development User Fees for Participating Municipalities Sale of Goods, Program Fees and Donations $10,000 $191,000 Program and Purpose Special Revenue Fund PEG Access Authorized Representative or Board to Spend Board of Selectmen and Town Manager Receipts License Fees from Cable TV Providers FY2017 Appropriation $500,000 DESCRIPTION: A revolving fund established under the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, Section 53E½ and a special revenue fund under Chapter 44, Section 53F¾ must be authorized or appropriated annually by vote of the Town Meeting. The Funds are credited with only the receipts received in connection with the programs supported by such funds, and expenditures may be made from the revolving fund without further appropriation. Article 13 APPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to purchase additional equipment, furniture and systems for the schools, and to maintain and upgrade the schools technology systems; 1100 Town Meeting Articles 4
determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the School Committee) FUNDS REQUESTED: $1,384,087 DESCRIPTION: For a description of the proposed projects see Section XI: Capital Investment section of the FY2017 Town Manager's Preliminary Budget and Financing Plan dated January 11, 2016 found at http://www.lexingtonma.gov/fy17capital. Article 14 APPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOL ZONE TRAFFIC CALMING (Citizen Article) To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing and installing flashing school zone traffic calming mechanisms in order to reduce vehicular speeding, increase driver awareness, and improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety around school grounds, namely Bowman, Bridge, Estabrook, Fiske, Harrington, Hastings, Clarke and Diamond; determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereof. (Inserted by Judy Crocker and 9 or more registered voters) FUNDS REQUESTED: unknown at press time DESCRIPTION: Safe Routes To School proposes the installation of flashing school zone traffic calming mechanisms similar to those used in Winchester and Woburn. Their purpose is to reduce vehicular speeding, increase driver awareness, and improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety around school grounds for Lexington's 6925 public school students. Article 15 APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES CAPITAL PROJECTS To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for capital improvements, renovations, including new construction to public facilities for: a) Town wide Roofing Program; b) School Building Envelopes and Systems Program; c) LHS Heating Systems Upgrade; d) Municipal Building Envelopes and Systems; e) Building Flooring Program; f) Public Facilities Bid Document; g) Diamond Middle School Renovations Construction; h) Clarke Middle School Renovations Construction; i) School Traffic Safety Improvements; j) Security Camera Upgrade to Digital from Analog; k) Munroe School Roof; l) LHS Security Evaluation and Upgrade; 1100 Town Meeting Articles 5
m) LHS Guidance Space Mining Design; n) LHS Nurse Office and Treatment Space Design; o) LHS Fitness Center/Athletic Training Floor; and p) Fire Headquarters Exercise Room; and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including enterprise funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; to determine if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to apply for, accept, expend and borrow in anticipation of state aid for such capital improvements; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. FUNDS REQUESTED: $63,390,419 DESCRIPTION: For a description of the proposed projects see Section XI: Capital Investment section of the FY2017 Town Manager's Preliminary Budget and Financing Plan dated January 11, 2016 found at http://www.lexingtonma.gov/fy17capital. Article 21 ESTABLISH AND APPROPRIATE TO AND FROM SPECIFIED STABILIZATION FUNDS To see if the Town will vote to create, amend, rename and/or appropriate sums of money to and from Stabilization Funds in accordance with Section 5B of Chapter 40 of the Massachusetts General Laws for the purposes of: (a) Section 135 Zoning By Law, (b) Traffic Mitigation, (c) Transportation Demand Management, (d) School Bus Transportation, (e) Special Education, (f) Center Improvement District; (g) Debt Service, (h) Transportation Management Overlay District (TMO 1), (i) Avalon Bay School Enrollment Mitigation Fund, and (j) Capital; and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. FUNDS REQUESTED: unknown at press time DESCRIPTION: This article proposes to establish and/or fund Stabilization Funds for specific purposes and to appropriate funds therefrom. Money in those funds may be invested and the interest may then become a part of the particular fund. These funds may later be appropriated for the specific designated purpose, by a two thirds vote of an Annual or Special Town Meeting, for any lawful purpose. Article 23 APPROPRIATE FROM DEBT SERVICE STABILIZATION FUND To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from the Debt Service Stabilization Fund to offset the FY2017 debt service of the bond dated February 1, 2003 issued for additions and renovations to the Lexington High School, Clarke Middle School and Diamond Middle School, as refunded with bonds dated December 8, 2011; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. 1100 Town Meeting Articles 6
FUNDS REQUESTED: $124,057 DESCRIPTION: This article would allow the Town to pay a portion of the debt service on the 2003 School Bonds from the Debt Service Stabilization Fund set up for that specific purpose. 1100 Town Meeting Articles 7